Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-09
Dress Tricots, entirely new
and cheap. at YOnmans'.

Editor Leahy, of the Kiowa Herald,
came in this morning.
Thanks to Mr.. Tom. McNeal and his
'pig-headed' resolutions.
The county commissioners will can
vass the vote on Friday, 18th inst.
Mr.. J. NJ. DeLisle returned, Sunday,
from business trip to Kansas City.
Buy your fruits, nuts and confections
of J. Il. Young, next door to the post
office. 81
The spelling school will be held at
the Sherlock hall next Friday night, at
7:30 o'clock.
The best beef to be had in town is a
the Central meat market, opposite LIST
National bank. 4
There will b0 Catholic services at the
Sherlock hall next Sunday, Nov. 18th,
by Rev. Kearful.
DO not buy stove until you have
seen Morris Bros. They have just open
ed out "a carload. "A
;. Z. Coan and wife returned, last
week, from their extended visit to In
diana. They had pleasant trip.
Try the Avenue house for square
meal and a good bed. Everything fresh
aud clean. W. Il. Collins is now the
proprietor. "a
Henry Schatt and his brother, Cary
Furnace and Mr.. Hunter started to the
territory last Thursday on a three
weeks hunting expedition.
Mrs. Bradshaw, a sister-in-law, of
Saline county, Mo-, and Mrs. Robinson,
a neice, of Anthony, Kansas, are here
on a visit to Mrs. W. Curd.
See Dickerson, at Murphey's harness
shop, for leather chest protectors, cuffs,
collars, hat bands aid ladies' belts. y
hundred designs and all pretty. p
Frank McAlister, of Lakin, and W.
G.. Johnson, of Lamar, came in last
/ Friday, TO take hand i'm the election.
Their speciality was Rigg for sheriff.
Thanks to those honest republicans,
who could not preach one thing and
practice another, and therefore voted
for the best men, in order to be con-
sistent.
The right of way commissioners
Messrs. Cook, McGrath and Fleming,
made trip over the railroad extension
/ from tins place west, TO Lake City, last
/ Saturday. Judge NimmOcks, attorney
for the c., h. " W., was with them.
u. G. Tull and W. G. Waller have
bought the store and stock of general
merchandise, at Isabel, this county
heretofore owned by Moran Bros. The
new firm will be w. c. Waller 4 Co
Isabel is getting TO be quite good ira.
ding point. and the new firm will prob
ably do well.
II turns out that Charlie Blanton was
murdered at Higgins, Texas. The first
report was that he accidentally shot
himself. 1t appears that a drunken
barber shot him in his own store, with.
out word of warning. The remains
were inferred at Hazelton on Monday
the 3lSt ult.
DIR. Stout started to Meade county
yesterday. His boys went along with
a wagon load of walnuts they had gath.
cred and which they expect to sell tC
the timber-claim people who must
plant trees on their land. Thousand.
of bushels of walnuts go to waste il
! This ruuutv every wear
An exchange says: IF we should bC
so unfortunate as To 90 to hades, in thu
end. and have any influence with tn,
master of ceremonies down there, w
want To get the job of punching up tn
fire under that class of people who move
away from the county without paying
up the printer for the local paper. Tit
way We feel about it now, we should
work to make it hot for them, as the!
richly deserve, according to our way o
thinking"
At the Ezra Maple sale, east Of here
on November 2d, cried by Judge Y. l.
O'Bryan, the following were represent
alive prices. as given by the clerk, Mr.
G.. g. Smith 10 shOats, SIS; 10 shoats
SD 80; 10 shoats, 5000, 10 shoats
Sl7.5O; pigs cold at from Sl.l5 to Sl.5O
sows, punches of 8, 5000 TO $3.50; 4
calves brought $3.50. 10; 81 cows, s99j. 90
- cows averaged .Sl5.l5: GallOwa,
bull brought $40: a grade bull, S24;
mules Averaged SlS6; mare, $50 on
mare, $3.50: oBe horse, Ss7; one horse
$3.50; hay sold at 500 per ton, an
corn fodder at IS cents per shock.
The SOcratic literary society, a
Roundup, met Thursday evening, No
vember 3d, and discussed the question
Resolved, that there is more happi
ness i'm pursuit than there is in posses
SION" The decision OF The judges wa
two for the affirmative and one for tn
negative. Other exercises included
mock trial of the case Of The Socrati
literary society vs.. Jacob Romig,' he
fore Joseph IIarbough, justice of In
peace. J.. G.. VanBenthusen appeare,
as attorney for the society, and G.. l.
b SnOddy for the defendant. After tn
evidence was in, and the case psoperl
considered, the defendant was acquit
ted. 4 defamation was then given b
W. +. Snoddy, and an Grafton by c. l.
SnOddy.
Last Friday the little children of II
j. Mckay were playing on the prairie
near his home, in the northwest part O
town, when they concluded To have
bonfire. \ match was struck, and 500
the dry grass was .cracklins and roar
ing, much to the delight of the littl
p ones. One of the children, Willie, age
Two years, went too near the fire, an
! his dress was soon in flames. Mr.. A